Application of LCA Method for Assessment of Environmental Impacts of a Polylactide (PLA) Bottle Shaping.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the consumption of single-use packaging. Their material diversity is a significant barrier to recycling, causing overloading of landfills. Increasing negative environmental aspects have highlighted the need to develop solutions to achieve a relatively high efficiency of the bottle shaping process with the lowest possible energy consumption. The aim of the project is to try to describe the impact of this process on the state, transformation and development of the natural environment. The work concerns current issues of the impact of packaging on the natural environment. The main goal was to conduct a life cycle analysis (LCA) of beverage bottles made of polylactide. The functional unit comprised a total of 1,000 pieces of PLA bottles

SUBMITTER: Baldowska-Witos P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7077684 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature